A state appellate court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Msgr. William Lynn, overturning for a second time a verdict that resulted in the first conviction of a Catholic Church official for covering up child sex abuse by priests.

A three-judge Superior Court panel found that Lynn’s 2012 conviction had been tainted by prosecutors’ presentation of nearly two-dozen examples of the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s historic failure to handle pedophilia within its ranks. Lynn, however, had only been charged in connection with his supervision of two priests.

4. Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin suspended over “Porngate”

The state’s judicial ethics tribunal on Tuesday suspended Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin for his involvement in Porngate, saying his continued presence on the bench harms the public’s trust in the judiciary.

The Court of Judicial Discipline said Eakin’s crude email messages, some that contained images of naked women and jokes mocking minorities, women and others, have “tainted the Pennsylvania judiciary in the eyes of the public.”

5. Grand jury decides against indictments in Sandra Bland case

A grand jury has decided not to indict anyone in the case of Sandra Bland, whose death in police custody raised questions of race and excessive force.

“After reviewing all the evidence in the death of Sandra Bland, a Waller grand jury did not return an indictment in the death of Bland, nor were any indictments returned against any employee of the Waller County Jail,” said Darrell Jordan, a special prosecutor handling the case.

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